Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 2.7md
8 km ENE of San Martin, California
- When
- Magnitude
- M 2.7 (md)
- Depth
- 7.2 km below the surface
- Felt
- 42 reports · strongest reported intensity III
- Nearest
- Santa Clara County, 19 km NW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3238 days ago
This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 42 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 380 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.7 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 40,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 29,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 2.5× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.7 about 380 lb of TNT
Energy from the Gutenberg–Richter relation (log10E = 1.5M + 4.8), rounded to two figures; bar length is magnitude, which is already a logarithm of energy. Magnitudes of past earthquakes from the USGS catalogue.
Where
Epicentre 37.1200, -121.5235. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Clara County, CA | 19 km (12 mi) | SE of here | earthquakes near Santa Clara County |
| Santa Cruz County, CA | 45 km (28 mi) | ENE of here | earthquakes near Santa Cruz County |
| Stanislaus County, CA | 67 km (42 mi) | SW of here | earthquakes near Stanislaus County |
| Alameda County, CA | 68 km (42 mi) | SSE of here | earthquakes near Alameda County |
| San Benito County, CA | 69 km (43 mi) | NW of here | earthquakes near San Benito County |
| Merced County, CA | 71 km (44 mi) | W of here | earthquakes near Merced County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
49 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.9 5km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA
- 1.6 10km S of Tres Pinos, CA
- 1.6 8km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CA
- 2.0 20km W of Westley, CA
- 2.5 22km W of Westley, CA
- 2.0 3km ESE of Aromas, CA
- 3.0 2km ESE of Aromas, CA
- 1.8 9km ENE of San Martin, CA
- 2.0 9km ENE of San Martin, CA
- 1.7 9km SSW of Tres Pinos, CA
- 3.0 8km SSW of Tres Pinos, CA
- 1.5 6km SW of Gilroy, CA
- 1.8 9km SSW of Tres Pinos, CA
- 1.6 15km E of Seven Trees, CA
- 1.9 10km E of Alum Rock, CA
Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of . QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.
For this area
The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 4.1 on 2017-10-10 — it released about 110 times the energy of this one.
From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service.
On USGS
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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